European Wonder_180608-210608

European Wonder_210608_Switzerland-Lauterbrunnen

Top of Europe!!!

The place to our campsite.

Husky Dog

Our snowmanIn the ice palace

Flowery cottage of Switzerland

In the railway up to Jungfrau

TOP!!!

Train Station

Church of Lauterbrunnen

We woke up quite early in the morning. The insects in the room were making my hair stand!! -.- I was sleeping on the top decker and they could still be found on the wall. I, of course, was protected inside my sleeping bag! The weather here was still very cold. -.- After we got up and got ourselves ready, we went to check out for breakfast, we thought that it was 8.30 am. But it turned out to be 9.30a.m instead. We then, went to draw money!!! Because we have decided to do the optional trip up by railway to the awesome snow covered, 4000m high Jungrau Mountain. It took us quite some time to reach as it was a very long way up the hill to reach the only one AtM machine in this glacial valley of Lauterbrunnen. We then sped down the valley to the Top Deck campsite. We were just in time for breakfast. It was a bit rush as we need to do some packed lunch and take some chocolate before we left for our trip to Jungfrau Mountain. After everyone was ready, we set off to our destination. We were a little behind time, so we were being rushed to catch the train that Blake have booked for us. I think I was quite sway that day wor, my butt was being "molested". lol. Blake smacked my butt to rush me to walk faster. -.- Oh man!! The trip up by railway was interesting! There were a lot of nice scenery. I have seen the cows with heavy bells! Poor little Moo Moos. All Switzerland cows have to wear the big heavy bells! Soon, we reached the top of Jungfrau! We were very excited! hehe. We went out to the open space right to the top of the Mountain. The scenery up from here was magnificent! ^^ We take turn to take photos with one another and also with the Switzerland's flag! We also spent some time building a mini snowman. Although it was not very successful but still the shape was there. hehe. Then we proceeded on to view the ice palace. Nice interesting sculptures are found in the ice palace. We had some fun playing in the tunnel at the ic palace. hoho. After that, we rested for a while to have our lunch - sandwiches. We then went on to see the husky dogs. Those dogs were very ferocious. We did not try skiing, though it was a very good day. The high height of the mountain has made most of us unwell due to lack of oxygen. As soon as we got in to the shade, my sight went a bit black and i felt giddy. Janet felt the same too. We quickly find a seat and rest. Gin Jin and Kristie were too having the spell of giddness. Luckily, we had some chocolates with us. But the quantity we brought were not enough, we bought another bar of chocolates. It was about 4p.m(swiss time). We then decided to get back down to the valley. Janet was still feeling unwell. On our trip down, most of us slept. Luckily, Janet was okay after we got down to the valley. We still have swiss money with us, we went to buy more chocolates to spend all our swiss money. lol. Of course, I saved 2 coins of 5 cents for bathing. After we got back, we went to take a bath. While I was bathing half way, i have expected that the heater will went off again so that i would have to insert another 5 cent coin. To my surprise, after inserting the other coin, the heater was not back yet! OMG! It was super cold then, and the bathing water without heater was icy cold unlike in Singapore. It was completely impossible for me to continue showering. -.- Fortunately, Janet was out already and she went to hep me get 1 more 5 cent coin. Merci Beaucoup Janet! It was a terrible bath. The feel of coldness that will make you teeth chattered was unbearable! We then had dinner. During dinner time, SJ came and boast her swiss knife. She kept going on and on about how worthy to purchase the green swiss knife that can only be purchase at switzerland. -.- Whatever... -.- She went on telling us that she injured herself during her mountain biking up the mountain. From what she said, we were all very relieved that we did not went for mountain biking. It was very dangerous as she almost got herself thrown off hill as she went down slope. After dinner, we then went back to our room to do some packing and then to sleep.

European Wonder_200608_Switzerland-Lauterbrunnen

Waterfall! Did u notice a rainbow?!?

Cheese Fondue

The bulk room that we stayed in!We were munching the special taste of cheese rum bread!

At the valley of Lauterbrunnen
Reaching Switzerland as mountain drew nearer and nearer.

At a stop station near the boundary between Switzerland and France

In the morning, we set off on our coach after we had our breakfast in the hotel. It was a long ride of 10 hours. I slept through during the trip as I did not sleep well the night before. Every 2 hours of ride, our coach will stop and gave us a toilet break of 15 minutes. And every six hours of ride, there will be a long break of half an hour which was normally use for our lunch. The lunch was not very good. hmmm. After the break, we proceed on the trip to Switzerland. Soon, we passed the border formalities leaving FRANCE and heading on to Lauterbrunnen, a tiny village at the base of the famous Jungfrau and Schilthorn mountains in Switzerland. We reached at about 6p.m, and had dinner at 7p.m. We had rum cheese fondue with bread. It was a special food! lol.=) After that we went to walk around, while the rest went to the bar to chill. We took photos around and had another round of jump shots. haha. Fun and tiring. Anyway, the room that we stayed was bad. There was a lot of insects that made all of hairs stands. EeeK!-.- There was not much of a choice as the place we living were surrounded with trees and more trees. lol. Tmr is going to be another long day. We turned in early.

European Wonder_190608_Paris-France

Louis VultonMonoPrix! The supermarket that we always go in France.

A garden near Louvre

At Notre Dame Cathedral!

On our Seine River Cruise

Aademic Nationale de Musique

Louvre! Cloudy day! It was abt to rain.

Kebah! Yummy!!!
Seine River of Paris

Jump Shot at Notre Dame Cathedral

Today, we have plenty of free tie to explore the sights of Paris at our own pace. We had a good breakfast at the hotel and then take the coach. After that, we took a metro to St-Michel Notre-Dame. Familiar metro ride - fast boarding and fast alighting in Paris metro is a must learnt skill. ^^ With the experience of Gin Jin, Janet and me, we brought Kristie, and another 2 tour mates around Paris. Our first stop was Notre Dame Cathedral. The cathedral i loved most! hehe. I am back again! Kristie and I did jump shot here! It was a tiring but fun shot! hehe. After which, we walked to a kebah restaurant for lunch. It was near the Georges Pompidou Centre. lol. I took some shots of this interesting shopping centre that has its pipes built outside its building. We then walked to Louvre. We had jump shot there again. hehe^^ We then went to Place de la Concorde. I could still remember the big vehicles driving lane over there. We then walked around. We passed by Monoprix, the supermarket that we loved to buy our food there. hehe. To fulfil our ice-cream crave, to bought macflurry! I bought the macflurry that have kitkat in it! Its taste was very good! hehe. We felt even colder after finished eating as the weather was cold. We then went into Louis Vulton(LV). That brand was indeed expensive. lol. After which, we went to Arc of the Triomphe and then to Academic Nationale De Musique. I hope I would be able to come here again to watch a musical over here too other than in London. Especially if the musical is the Phantom of the Opera, that would be even more perfect. We then went to Eiffel tower. On our way there, we were a bit lost because we make our way there via walking. But we managed to reach on time for the picnic dinner. We had our food and champagne! Yummy!! =) After we had a little time, so we went to the toilet. Then, we went to catch our coach, we were the last to reach. =( Due to the lack of time, it's a pity that I did not managed to buy more Eiffel tower souvenirs. We took the optional Seine River cruise. The night view of Paris was very magnificent. The night was cooling! After the great cruise tour, we went back to our coach that sent us back to our hotel.

European Wonder_180608_Paris-France

top of Sacré Coeur Catholic basilica ... I am back!!!

Eiffiel Tower

Louvre

white cliff of Dover

We woke up at 5a.m. today. This was because we need to depart from Globetrotter Inn, Ashlar Court, Ravenscourt Gardens, Staford Brook, London(W6 OTU) at 6.30a.m. After we have dragged our heavy belonging down, we had a very good breakfast! I had 3 slices of bread with strawberry spread and cereal with milk. We then went to meet up with the rest of the tour mates. It was a bit disappointing as all of them were Caucasians. Soon, all the luagages were loaded. Our tour guides of the tour were Blake and Nookie(trainee). Lol. Soon, at 7a.m, we were all on the bus to Dover. At Dover, I saw the famous white cliff of Dover. The world-famous, majestic white cliffs of Dover, which for centuries have played a key role in the history as Britain’s ‘front line’, now it provides a welcoming sight for many millions of people. It was a superb view! We then join the ferry from Dover to Calais. On the ferry, we will have opportunity to exhange some money into Euros. I was having some seasick spell. That has resulted me to vomit my breakfast out in the toilet. I was feeling very uncomfortable. Thanks to Kristie's seasick pill. On arrival in Calais, we met our coach. His name is Barry, who will be the driver for the entire tour in Europe.=) I am now back to Paris! City of LOVE. ^^ After that, we then made our way to Paris and our hotel accommodation. We met SJ there. There was some commotion with regards to the distribution of the rooms. haha. Five of us managed to stay in a room together. After which, we had our dinner at the hotel. We then board then coach bus and headed into "The City of Lights" for a spectacular night light tour. It was evident clearly that Paris is renowned for its beauty as we passed by some of the many famous sights along the River Seine. It was a comprehensive city tour that took us past the Place de la Concorde, Champs Elysees, Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower and many more. We went to the top of Sacré Coeur Catholic basilica again! It was the second time! The WoW feeling was still never ending! I simply loved the scenary here! I don't mind coming here again. hehe.^^ Blake told us not to get trick by some black who will grab your hand, tied some strings on our finger and then they will demand for a payment of 3euros. He told us to keep our hand close to ourselves. Lol. Gin Jin, Janet and I didn't know about it although we came here before. Maybe it was because we never chanced upon these people on that first visit. To our surprise, we really got to see these black people holding strings on their hand, psychoing us to give our hand, so that they could "deco" our hand. We hid our hand. lol. After the visit, we headed back to our coach and had a bus tour past Moulin Rouge, Place de la Concorde, Champs Elysees, Arc de Triomphe and Lourve. The night scenary of the Lourve was nice!^^ Then, we had some time over at Eiffel tower. The lighting of the Eiffel Tower was lighted! It was superb.! I am so blessed to be able to see such beautiful scenary over there in France! We were very excited! It was quite sad to realise all our camera weren't very good for night scenary. Argh! hai~ In any case, we did managed to take some photos here and there. hehe^^. We then went back to rest.